Dec 10, 2022
Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
Oswald Chambers
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Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you cannot understand at the time.
Oswald Chambers
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So that people may know from the rising to the setting of the sun that there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else. The One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating disaster; I am the LORD who does all these things.
Isaiah 45:6-7 NASB (2020)
One thing I like about the book of Job is that Job questions God. He’s like “hey God, this isn’t fair! I lost everyone and everything I loved, my body’s aching and broken down and I want to die so, so bad. Do You hate me? Did I do something wrong? I don’t get what I did wrong if I did do anything wrong!!! Why are you letting this happen?!” And Job gets mad and cries but God allows it and understands it. Compared to other gods of the ancient world, this is an act of mercy. God shows up and comforts Job (after giving him some perspective)--and so we know that God still loves us even when we are mad and upset and questioning; and that He wants us to find comfort in Him even in those times. I don't think it means He wants us to be constantly angry at Him, but I think He understands the struggle and He wants us to use that to relate to Him, because He also experiences grief and anger and injustice!
It's like with a dear friend or close family member--you get mad with them when there's a misunderstanding but at the end of the day you don't go to bed angry with them. You talk things out and you cheer each other up and stick together because you love each other and you know it's the right thing to do.
So I think the thing is, Job actually feels safe enough to cry at God, and to hope that God would respond to him. And Job is willing to accept any answer because he has realized just how powerless he has become in this situation. And in the end, God defends him from the friends that accused him and mocked him. <3
Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’ From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that I will bring about; what I have planned, that I will do.
Isaiah 46:9-11
“Faith is trust in a God Whose ways I do not know, but Whose character I do know.” —Oswald Chambers
"God's Word is true whether we believe it or not. Human unbelief cannot alter the character of God." - Aiden Wilson Tozer
Tsadhe
137 Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness And very faithfulness.
139 My zeal hath consumed me, Because mine adversaries have forgotten thy words.
140 Thy word is very pure; Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 I am small and despised; Yet do I not forget thy precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And thy law is truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me; Yet thy commandments are my delight.
144 Thy testimonies are righteous for ever: Give me understanding, and I shall live. — Psalm 119:137-144 | American Standard Version (ASV) The American Standard Version Bible is in the public domain. Cross References: Deuteronomy 4:8; Deuteronomy 26:13; 2 Samuel 22:31; Ezra 9:15; Nehemiah 9:33; Psalm 12:6; Psalm 19:7; Psalm 19:9; Psalm 22:6; Psalm 69:9; Psalm 111:3; Psalm 119:24; Psalm 119:27; Psalm 119:151; John 2:17